Crowns and Bridges
Enjoy a Full Smile Again
When you lose or damage teeth, it’s not only the appearance of your smile that’s impacted. In addition to harming your confidence, missing or broken teeth can affect your ability to bite and chew. Even worse, there are further severe risks to your oral health.
Gaps in your smile create nesting grounds for bacteria. These hard-to-clean areas become hotspots for decay and gum disease. Also, the neighbouring teeth could move in a process called ‘dental drift’.
At SmileHQ, we can repair and complete your smile using beautiful bespoke crowns and bridges.
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Understanding Crowns
Dental crowns are porcelain or resin caps that fit over damaged teeth. We can use them to cap your existing teeth if they’re damaged or use them to complete a dental implant in the case of missing teeth. We can also use crowns as part of a dental bridge.
Metal crowns are very durable. These are suited when capping the hardworking molars at the back of your mouth. Resin offers a lifelike appearance, while porcelain crowns are strong and realistic.
Our skilled lab technicians create bespoke crowns tailored to match your smile. We base the look of your crown on digital scans to help us perfect the shape, size, colour, and texture.
Crowns are helpful if:
- Your teeth are damaged by decay or trauma
- Your tooth is compromised following root canal treatment
- Your entire tooth needs replacing using a dental implant
Placing Your Crown
The exact placement process will depend on the type of procedure and condition of your tooth. When used with a dental implant, you’ll have several treatment steps before the crown placement. These may include extracting a damaged tooth, placing the implant, and a period of recovery.
When we use crowns to restore a damaged tooth, we’ll treat any infection first. Once the lab has created your bespoke crown, we’ll bond it to your natural tooth.
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How Dental Bridges Work
A dental bridge replaces missing teeth. We can use them to ‘bridge the gap’ when you’ve lost one or more teeth. A bridge consists of one or more dental crowns placed onto the healthy adjacent teeth and pontics—natural-looking replacements that fill the gap. The crowns support the pontics from one or both sides.
There are several types of bridges
- Fixed bridges use crowns on either side of the gap.
- Cantilever bridges are supported by a crown on one side.
- Maryland bridges take support from the back using composite resin.
- Implant-retained bridges use titanium implants for enhanced stability.
Building Bridges
After an initial assessment, we’ll custom-make your bridge using the precise details gathered using digital scans. Your bespoke bridge will seamlessly match the shade of your existing teeth.
Before we can place your bridge, we’ll need to prepare any supporting teeth. We do this by removing a small amount of enamel. Once your tooth is prepared, we’ll carefully place and bond your bridge into position.
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Rave Reviews
Fantastic clinic. Very friendly, helpful and caring staff and clinicians. The practice has been beautifully designed and doesn’t make you feel like you’re sitting in a dental practice which is a massive bonus. Would highly recommend this clinic to anyone looking for high standard and quality dental care.
Couldn’t recommend Pola and his team enough. Pola is thorough and explains everything and makes you feel in safe hands. The girls are also amazing, massive thanks to Hannah for everything she helped me set my app up and the aftercare is amazing. Claire is so lovely and personable every visit and Sophie is brilliant during my sessions with Pola.
My experience at Smile HQ was the best!! Sasha and Charlotte were amazing from start to finish. They made me feel so comfortable and at ease, I would highly highly recommend going here! I had composite bonding and I am over the moon with my results. They really listen to what you are after and if anything exceeds all expectations. I’m very happy!
Both Hannah and Charlotte looked after me very well. The best hygienist appointment I’ve had with no discomfort at all. Anyone who’s scared of going to the dentist has nothing to worry about here. Great coffee too!!
Wow, what can I say about Smile HQ. It is a team full of experience but not just in their field of dentistry, but their customer service and their kindness to patients is second to none. Dr. Vish is amazing with the care and detail of his planning for your treatment and gets you that forever smile at the end of treatment. Would highly recommend this clinic and their specialist services in cosmetic dentistry and Implants.
Hygiene appointment – both the hygienist and nurse were very friendly and informative, they made the appointment feel very easy and eased my nerves immediately. Very professional and not only do my teeth feel great after but I have some useful tips to help me maintain a great clean. Thank you again ladies, 10/10 highly recommend!! :)
By far one of the best dental experiences I’ve ever had! I’ve been looking for a good dentist for a long time and always leave disappointed. The moment I walked into Smile HQ, I felt like I stepped into a Harley Street clinic – so clean and kind service. Dr Sasha took his time to explain and make sure I was very comfortable. The best dentist I’ve ever met who was actually so knowledgeable. Charlotte was brilliant and always had a smile on her face! 100% recommend this place!
Couldn’t be happier with the care and treatment I’ve received at Smile HQ. All the staff are extremely welcoming and helpful, excellent customer service! I couldn’t be happier with my new smile thanks to Dr Pola and his team! Felt so comfortable and at ease with pola. He was very professional and did an amazing job!
Crowns and Bridges at SmileHQ
If you’ve lost or severely damaged teeth, it doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a full and healthy-looking smile again. Bespoke crowns and bridges restore your smile and confidence. Get in touch today to book a consultation.
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